Doll-support.



Patented July 28, 1914.

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KATE M. JESSUP, OF CENTERVILLE, INDIANA.

DOLL-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 28, 191 i.

Application filed January 23, 1911. Serial No. 604,024.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that I, KATE M. J nssur, a citizen of the United States, residing in Center-ville, in the county of Wayne, and in the State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Doll-Support, of which the following is a full, clear, and accurate specification and exposition, being such as will enable others to make and use the same with absolute exactitude.

The invention comprises an attachment to be used in connection with dolls or the like, or for displaying other articles of manufacture.

The object of the invention, broadly speaking, is to provide a doll support which will be neat and attractive in appearance, strong and durable in construction, easily operated and controlled, and which can be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low price. And, finally, another object is to provide a support wherewith dolls or the like may be maintained in a standing or a sitting position without visible means of support, or at least without such means being conspicuous, thereby giving the impression of them being self-sustaining.

Other objects and particular advantages of my invention will be made apparent in the course of the following description, and that which is new will be correlated in the appended claim.

The preferred manner for the accomplishment of my invention, and that which in practice I have determined to be the most practical and satisfactory is shown in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 shows my invention in elevation complete. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the sliding .member, showing same detached from the standard and in which the sliding member is shown at right-angles to that in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of the invention, showing a plan view of the base. Fig. 4t shows my invention in practice as supporting a doll in a standing posi tion. And Fig. 5 shows the invention in practice as supporting a doll in asitting position.

Similar indices denote like parts throughout the several views.

In order that the construction and the application of my invention may be more fully understood and appreciated I will now take up a detail description thereof in which I will set forth the invention as briefly and as comprehensively as I may.

Referring now to the drawings in concrete detail, letter A denotes a standard which is preferably round in cross section and which has its lower end secured in the base B, which latter may be a flat metal disk, or it may be of other suitable material and form. The base is adapted to rest flat on a level surface with the standard projecting upward, substantially as indicated.

Sliclable on the standard A is the sliding member which is composed of a tubular portion C, in which the standard fits, and the flat upwardly extending blade D. Formed through the upper portion of the blade D are two apertures (Z and (Z; and formed through the lower portion of the blade are the two apertures zl" and zl. Threaded through the apertures (Z and cl is the tape 11; and threaded through the apertures d and d is the tape F. The ends of the tapes E and F should be free and of about equal lengths on each side of the blade, as indicated in Fig. 1.

Letter Gr denotes a doll, same being shown in dotted lines, same being shown as standing in Fig. t and as sitting in Fig. 5.

Tu practice the sliding member is removed from the standard, and the dress or outer clothing is removed from the doll, after which the sliding member is placed vertically in the center of the back of the doll, and the tapes E and F are then brought around the body of the doll and the ends of the respective tapes are then tied, or otherwise secured together, in front, or in such manner as to securely lash the sliding member to the back of the doll. The dolls dress may then be replaced thereon, which will cover and hide the tapes and the sliding member and the means by which it is secured to the body. Desiring now to sup port the doll in an u n'iglit position one has only to insert the upper portion of the standard in the tabular portion of the sliding member, as in Fig. 4, which of course when properly adjusted will cause the doll to be supported in a standing position when the base is resting on a flat surface. Now

by moving the sliding member farther down on the standard the doll may be caused to be supported in a sitting position, as shown in Fig. 5.

From the above it is evident that when in use only the base B will be visible, and even that will be inconspicuous.

By reason of the flexibility of the blade D it is evident that the flexibility of the body will be preserved, allowing it to be bent as before.

I desire that it be understood that other means may be employed for securing the sliding member to the body, in fact the sliding member may be rigidly secured to or made a part of the body if desired. I also desire that it be understood that various changes may be made in the several details of construction from that herein specified without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having now fully shown and described my invention and one manner for its construction and operation, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

A doll support comprising a base, a rod rising from the same, a slide comprising a tube for slidably engaging the rod, said tube being provided at its upper end with a vertical blade adapted to move with the tube in parallel relation to the rod, said blade being provided with apertures, tapes having their central portions threaded in the apertures, said tapes being movable with the blade, the terminals of said tapes being adapted to be tied when the tapes are passed around a doll to hold said doll in binding engagement with the blade and movable therewith, whereby the doll may be supported in a sitting or standing position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name 111 the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

KATE M. JESSUP. Witnesses ROBERT W. RANDLE, R. E. RANDLE.

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